[Intro] One last flame in the broken tower Still holds its ground through the ash and rain If the dark has counted every hour We will answer with our names [Verse 1] I hear the stone beneath us groaning I see the red along the gate But there is breath in every soldier And a promise we can make You gave us more than steel and banners You gave us children, fields, and bread So I will stand where the wall is splintered With the living and the dead [Pre-Chorus] Raise your eyes, the dawn is turning Though the road is hard and long Every heart that keeps on burning Makes the frightened stronger [Chorus] Stand together, guard the flame Hold the line and speak their names If the night demands our surrender We will answer, not today For the ones who fell before us For the truth we swore to save Let the whole wide earth remember We were brave [Instrumental March] [Verse 2] Now the bells are calling plainly Now the horses strike the ground Every hand is joined beside me Every lost one gathers round We are more than fear can measure More than iron, smoke, or stone When we choose to shield each other No one faces war alone [Pre-Chorus] Raise your eyes, the dawn is breaking Feel the first fire in the sky Every step our ranks are taking Turns the wound into a why [Chorus] Stand together, guard the flame Hold the line and speak their names If the night demands our surrender We will answer, not today For the ones who fell before us For the truth we swore to save Let the whole wide earth remember We were brave [Breakdown] I still carry every absence In the coat they left behind Every voice that called me brother Walks beside me in my mind I have buried too much sorrow To kneel before another grave If I live, I live to keep them If I fall, I fall still brave [Build] Heartbeat under silence A drum beneath the dust Roll the snare, lift the low toms Wake the iron, wake the trust Horns across the valley Trumpets through the rain All the hands that hold this promise Rise and rise again [Final Chorus] Stand together, guard the flame Hold the line and speak their names Through the fire, through the thunder We will answer, not today For the ones who fell before us For the children yet to wake Let the whole wide earth remember What a vow can make March together, face the sun All our separate roads are one When the darkest night is over We will see what we have won With the fallen in our keeping With their courage in our veins Let the whole wide earth remember We remain [Outro] The last light was never dying It was waiting in our hands
